A 68-year-old woman with a medical history significant for Sjögren syndrome and leukocytoclastic vasculitis of small vessels presented to the emergency department with chills, malaise, a temperature of 39 degrees C, nausea, vomiting, and hypotension. Fifteen minutes earlier she had taken ibuprofen for flu-like symptoms. She was treated with a perfusion of intravenous saline, paracetamol, and ci...

Glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxy-d-glucose) and glucosamine-containing products have been reported to have efficacy in the treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders. Glucosamine's efficacy, including reduction of pain, is attributed to disease-modifying properties, specifically to cartilage-rebuilding associated with modulation of interleukin-1-induced activation of chondrocytes and to inhibit...

Background The function of ductus arteriosus closes within a few minutes to a few days after birth in term neonates. In some cases, the duct remains open after birth, a condition which is called patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). PDA is associated with high rates of neonatal mortality and morbidity. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of...

Standard pharmacologic closure of the patent ductus arteriosus currently involves the administration of 1 of 2 cyclooxygenase inhibitors: either indomethacin or ibuprofen. However, both of these drugs can be associated with potentially significant adverse effects. We present here the cases of 5 preterm infants (gestational age: 26-32 weeks; postnatal age: 3-35 days) with large, hemodynamically ...

The mechanism of topically applied methyl nicotinate-induced local cutaneous erythema was studied in normal human subjects. Aqueous methyl nicotinate (0, 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, and 100 mmol/L) was applied to the volar forearms in quadruplicate after oral pretreatments with 25 mg doxepin hydrochloride, 600 mg ibuprofen, 50 mg indomethacin, 975 mg aspirin, and lactose placebo. The cutaneous vascular res...

Literature data are reviewed on the properties of ibuprofen related to the biopharmaceutics classification system (BCS). Ibuprofen was assessed to be a BCS class II drug. Differences in composition and/or manufacturing procedures were reported to have an effect on the rate, but not the extent of absorption; such differences are likely to be detectable by comparative in vitro dissolution tests. ...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 54 VOLUME 44JANUARY 17, 2007 Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common occurance in preterm infants with significant morbidities. Indomethacin, has been widely used to treat hemodynamically significant PDA. However, this agent can cause adverse reactions such as reduced renal, mesenteric, and cerebral perfusion leading to transient or permanent renal dysfunction, necrotizing ...

Oral health serves as an excellent model for understanding social disparities in health. Associations among race, socioeconomic status, oral health, and dental care are strong. Multiple points along the dental care process allow investigation of disparities and mechanisms; and there are multiple types of treatment services (ranging from those that all patients and clinicians would likely agree ...

BACKGROUND The transdermal application of substances represents an elegant approach to overcome side effects related to injections or oral treatment. Due to benefits like a constant plasma level, no pain during application and a simple therapeutic regime, the optimization of formulations for transdermal drug delivery has gained interest in the last decades. Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inf...